Registering attachment for match-machines



G. LISPENARD. REGISTERING ATTACHMENT FOR MATCH MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19, I919.

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GEORGE LISPENARD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOE TO H. & F. MATCHMACHINE CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEYVREGISTERING ATTAGHMEN T FOR MATCH-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Application-filed March 19, 1919. Serial'No. 283,654.

To all whom z'tmay concern:

e it known that I, GEORGE LISPENARD, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the borou h of- Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and btateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in RegisteringAttachments for Match-Machines, of which the following is-a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in attachments for matchmachinesdesigned to bring the holes of amatch carrier into perfect registry witheither the splints as they are inserted in the carrier or the ejectingdevices as they pushthe splints from the carrier. It is well understoodin the trade that match carriers for continuous or semicontinuous matchmachines are usually made with chains of plates having perforationstherein to receivethe splints which are to be dipped, and from-which thesplints are pushed at the proper time. In this case'I have not gone intothe construction of the carrier because it has nothing to do with theinvention and is applicable to all machines of this type in which chainsof plates with splint receiving holes are used. In machines of thischaracter difficulties are experienced in having perfect registration ofthe holes in the carrier with the splint: feeding means and with thesplint ejecting means. This is because the carrier is usually very long,has a great many joints, and there is more or less slat and back-lash tothe carrier, that is play to the joints, so that to keep registrationperfect is a difficult and expensive matter. My invention is intended toobviate this difliculty and produce a very simple device by which theabove named registration will always be substantially perfect. This willbe understood from the description which follows.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar reference characters indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the attachment embodying my invention,and

Fig. 2 is a broken plan view thereof.

By way of example I have shown the application of the attachment to amachme in which a sliding carriage is used in connection with the splintfeeding and ejecting means, but there is usually some sliding partcorresponding to the sliding carriage, that is apart which reciprocatesin unison with the reciprocation of'the splint feeding and e ectingmeans.

The frame 10 can be of any suitable character and is simply adiagrammatic representation of a match machine frame, and this isprovided with a driving shaft 11 which moves the carrier, but so far asthe invention is concerned it might be any part turning with the carrierdriving means, as will presently appear. F or this reason the carrier isnot shown. On the shaft 11 is a pinwheel 12 having on its peripheryregularly spaced holes 13, and these are spaced apart the same distanceas are the rows of holes in the match carrier, that is to say if therows of holes in the carrier plates are three-eighths of an inch apart,the holes 13 will be three-eighths of an inch apart, and the wheel 12will of course have an intermittent movement corresponding to themovement of the carrier, and such a movement is customary in machines ofthis kind.

The holes 13 of the wheel are engaged by a pin let on the end of a slidebar 15 which moves in a bracket 16 attached to a sliding carriage 17. Apart corresponding to the carriage 17 is common to machines of the typementioned, but this particular carriage is shown in application forLetters Patent of-the United States No. 225,628, iiledldarch 30th, 1918,and as stated this is simply by way of example. On the under side of thebracket 16 is a pin 18 to which is connected a spiral spring 19, andthis also connects with a pin 20 on the outer part of the slide bar 15,that is on the part farthest from the wheel 12 and at the right hand ofthe bracket 16 in the drawings. The tendency of tl e spring is thereforeto draw the slide-bar toward the wheel and bring the abutment in 21 intocontact with the outer edge of the bracket 16, though the drawing showsthe bracket in a neutral position. The pin 22 at the inner end of theslide-bar has no func tion so far as the operation of the apparatus isconcerned, but is to prevent the slide-bar from being pulled out of thebracket 16 by an operative or person attending the machine. The spring19 can obviously be con nected with the bracket 16 and slide-bar 15 inother ways, but the function of the spring is to cushion the slide-barand give it a yielding connection with the wheel 12,

and as will presently be seen the cushion is of such a nature that thepin 14 practically feels its way into the wheel 12, and when in positionthere naturally locks the wheel, the shaft 11, and the carrier which iseither driven by the shaft 11 or is in locked con nection with it, asfor instance by means of connecting gearing or otherwise.

In operation the tension of the springs 19 is such as to pull theabutment pin 21 against the outer or rear edge of the bracket 16 whenthe bracket is in its forward position, and as the bracket slides towardthe wheel 12 the slide-bar 15 moves with it and the pin 14 enters one ofthe holes 13 just before the splints reach the carrier in which they areto be inserted, or before the ejecting devices engage the matches whichare to be ejected. The continuous forward movement of the bracket forcesthe pin well into the wheel and locks the wheel positively, while themovement of the pin is cushioned by the spring 19. It will be seen thatthe wheel 12 will be positively locked, and that the carrier and allparts in gear with it will likewise be locked. As the bracket 16 movesaway from the wheel 12 the pin 14 will be gradually pulled out to freethe wheel, and when the bracket strikes the pin 21 the movement will becompleted positively.

It will be seen, therefore, that I have provided a simple yet positivemeans for caus ing exact registration of the feed and ejecting mechanismwith the holes of a carrier so long as the carrier moves with the shaft'11, it being assumed, of course, that the holes 13 are spaced apart thesame distance as the rows of holes in the carrier.

In the drawing I have shown the wheel 12 provided with spaced holes 13adapted to receive a locking pin 14, but it will of course be understoodby any mechanic that the particular form of the engaging parts 12 and 13can be varied without affecting the invention, the essential thing beingto have the slide-bar engage the wheel at intervals corresponding to thespacing of the rows of holes in the carrier.

I claim 1. An apparatus of the kind described comprising a wheel adaptedto connect and rotate in unison with the movement of the carrier of amatch machine, said wheel having holes in its face, and a reciprocatingspring pressed slide bar moving in unison with the reciprocating partsof the match machine and engaging the holes in the wheel.

2. An apparatus of the kind described comprising a wheel connecting androtating in unison with the movement of a match machine, a slidingmember moving opposite the wheel and in unison with the reciprocatingparts of the feed and ejecting mechanism of the machine, and a springpressed slidej bar carried by the sliding members and engaging the wheelby which the Wheel is locked at intervals corresponding to the movementsof the feeding and ejecting mechanism of the match machine.

3. A registering device for match machines comprising a rotating wheeladapted to move in unison with the carrier of a match machine, saidwheel having spaced pawl engaging means on its face, said means beingspaced apart a distance corresponding to the distance between the rowsof match receiving devices in the carrier of the match machine, asliding bracket movable in unison with the sliding parts connected withthe feeding and ejecting devices of the match machine, a cushionedslide-bar movable in the bracket, and a pawl on the slidebar to engagethe wheel.

4. In a machine of the kind described the combination of the rotatablewheel having spaced holes therein, the sliding bracket, and thecushioned slide-bar in the bracket having a pin at one end to enter theholes of the wheel.

-5. In a machine of the kind described the combination with therotatable wheel having holes therein, the bracket movable back and forthwith relation to the wheel, the slide-bar moving in the bracket andhaving a pin to enter the holes of the wheel, and the spring connectionbetween the slidebar and the bracket.

GEORGE LISPENARD.

- Witnesses:

HUGO GOLDSMITH,

WARREN B. HUTCHINSON.

